Improvement in apparatus for cleaning privy-vaults



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APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PRIVY-V'AULTS. 178,213.

Patented May 30,1876.

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APPARATUS FOR CLEANING PRIVY-VAULTS. No.178,Z13. Patented May 30,1876.

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UNITED STATES" PATENT OFrIo CHARLES H. VOUTE, or PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR" CLEANING PRlVY-VAULTS.

Specification forming part of- Letters Patent No. 178,213, dated May30,1876; application filed A r Ma aisvc.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I", CHARLES H. VoUTi-of Philadelphia, in the countyofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new andvaluable Improvement in Apparatus for Cleaning Privy-Vaults; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure lot the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of mymachine as in use, and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are sectional detail views ofmy barrel and valves. Fig. 5 is a vertical central sectional view of mybarrel.

My object is to improve processes for cleaning privy-vaults; and thenature of my invention consists in a novel process of removing matterfrom privy-vaults without allowing the escape of fetid odors; saidprocess consisting .from the privy-vaults to the transportingwagon inthe street.

In the annexed drawings, A- designates a receiving-tank, which ismounted on wheels and designed for the transportation of thematter'pumped out of the'privy-vaults. B designates a portable receiver,which communicates with the tank A by a hose, 0, and also with theprivy-vault D by a hose, E. F designates a double-acting air-pump, whichis mounted on WIJGBISfOI convenience of moving it, and whichcommunicates with the receiver B by means of an air-pipe, a and Gdesignates a deodorizer, which communicates with the cylinder of thepump by means of an airpipe, b. The large main pipes or. hose G E "areconnected tothe head'of the receiver Bl by means of coupling-boxes g g,which are provided with valves h h, and which can be readily detachedfrom the receiver'when n ot and shut thevalve when the receiver is full.

The operation with a single receiver is as follows: Pipes 0 E arearranged as shown in Fig. 1. Pipe a is connected to the receiver B andto the exhaust end of the pump-cylinder. The pipe I) is connected to theforcing-end of the pump-cylinder and to the deodorizer Gr. All of thepipes are detachable. Under the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, when thepump F is operated, it will exhaust from the receiver B, and cause thematter from the vault D to fill this receiver, the valve h being openand the valve h being shut.

When thereceiver B is filled the valve h is shut and valve 71/ isopened. The interchangeable pipes a and b are detached, respectively,from the pump F and deodorizer G, and the free ends a and b of the pipesare connected together by means of male and female coup-' lings, therebyforming a continuous hose or pipe from the force part of the pump F tothe receiver B, as indicated by dotted lines. Then the pump is startedagain, which pumps air into the upper portion of the receiver, andforces the matter out of the same throughpipeG into thetransporting-tank A. The valve 71/ is then shut, and the valve h opened,after which the pump F is started, and the receiver B again filled,previous to which the airconnections of these "pipes thebarrels' or re-yceiverscan be filled and emptiedalternatelythat is to say, while onereceiver is being filled the other will be emptied of its conten'tsyand"vice versa. 7

It will be observedthatdnring theprocessr of transferring the matterfrom the privyvanlt to the transporting-tank, theronly thing necessaryis'to keep the air-pipes properly adjusted. The main conveying-pipes arenot changed after they are once fixed,

The receiving-tank -B forms' anintegralgpart of the apparatus used forforcing the matter: from the privy-vault into the transportingtankand'is practically a part of the air forc ing and. exhausting-engine,.irepresenting ,the;

) In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence .of-itwo-witnesses. I

a CHARLES H. VOUTE. Witnesses:

, JOHN F. AGKER, Jr.,

GEORGE E. UPHAM.

